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CbC essentially manages a book manuscript, which is kept in separate chapter files. This add in, which works as a small separate program, sits on top of Microsoft Word.

Once CbC is open, one enters a new chapter title, which opens up a blank page in Word, where one writes or imports a chapter, or at least the beginnings. Then start another chapter, and so on. Soon CbC displays in its window a list of all your chapters, all stored in sepapate Word files, including word count for each one. One can drag and drop each chapter into a different order, rearranging one's book. And if one needs to see the entire book in one file, a click of the mouse brings them all together in a single file, where one can do editing, paginating, change format to suit a particular publisher.

I'm working on a huge book project. I've tried so many different programs to manage the project -- and I always return to CbC. And it's free.

"I suppose it can be said that I'm an absent-minded driver. It's true that I've driven through a number of red lights on occasion, but on the other hand, I've stopped at a lot of green ones but never gotten credit for it."Glenn Gould

Lots of what I use was already listed by others --- so in the hopes of getting some of the less well known stuff listed.

FlashDesktops (http://www.flashdesktops.com/) -- makes X-Windows switching feel slow when I am on Unix, the best desktop switching tool I have come into contact with on ANY Platform.

Hoekey (http://www.bcheck.net/apps/hoe.htm) -- makes keybindings to do ANYTHING. From hitting the next button in iTunes, to vertically maximizing a window, to shutting down windows. Kinda complex to learn, but shockingly powerful.

Well, truth be told, aside from FF, I use Photoshop, CoolEdit Pro, and Directory Opus on one or another machine. Oh yeah, Office 2003...

Okay, I keep all my $ware disks in a box under my bed labeled "Playboys and porn"! Fact is, I use dozens of freewares daily; the heavy duty stuff is for production work. "It isn't easy being green."I prefer to use freeware, but there are some things that just work more efficiently with commercial software.sigh

OEF

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Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath and knows where you live.

I also LOVE my email program, Mulberryhttp://www.mulberrymail.com/ (the best IMAP client I know, and I've tried lots). If I weren't separating out email clients, I'd put Mulberry up there as my #3 pick.